Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-08

a week ago ueSUay tne rotten COM
bine of the council under Isaac s. Has
calls leadership passed resolution de-
claring John A. McShane's paper the
official organ of the city, until con-
tract should be let. An arbitrary price
was fixed by the resolution upon this
official advertising, namely the rate at
which the BEE last year was required to do
the work until another contract was made
legally. This was on its face an impos-
ture on taxpayers, because advertising
III the Ucrdid based on relative circua-
ton is not worth over one-ffth of what
it is worth commercially in tie BEE. Be
sides that the manifest duty of the coun-
Gil, on business princ'pels, is to give the
largest publicity possible for the same
price to its Official notices. The preteXt
under which the council passed the reso-
luton to give McShanc chance at the
pablic crib, was that it was only intended
for one week when competing bids Tor
advertising were to be opened and the
contract would be awarded according to
law to the lowest bidder.
The perfidy of the gang under Hascalls S
lead, has shown itself. Last night they
voted to override the mayors veto of the
resolution, making McShane's paper the
the official city organ and pigeon-holed
the printing bids which were opened in
their presence at the same meeting. Now
the fact has been patent from the out
set that there has been a secret
understanding between McShane and
bell wether Hascall through McShane's
confidential hirelings to do this very
thing and continue the Herald as the
official paper, no matter who the lowest
bidder is. To this end McShanes politi.
cal power was exerted upon the demo-
Gratis in the council who voted solid for
his grab, and they were reinforced by
six republicans, namely, Bailey, Bechol,
Counsman, Hascall, Lee and Mauvllle.
These republicans have voted McShane
free leave to rob the taxpayers by charg-
ing 40 per cent more for official adver.
firing than was proposed IN its bid by
the BEE, which these renegades are
determined to deprive of the printing,
because it refuses to approve their dis
reputable conduct in connection with the
police.
The respective bids as opened last
night are rs follows:
The World, per square, first insertion :,
| 60 cents.
The Herald, 80 cents.
The BEE, 81 cents.
For second insertion, the World 80
cents.
The Herald, 40 cents.
| The BEE, % cents.
For third insertion, the World, 80
| cents.
The Herald, 80 cents.
The BEE, 10 cents.
| For fourth insertion, the World offers
no redu ctlon.
The Herald, 90 cents.
| The BEE, IA cents.
Fifth insertion, the Herald, Is cents.
| The BEE, II cents.
The Heraid offers all insertions after
the fifth ut cents; the HEE charges H.
| but this is of no moment, because more
| than 80 per cent of all official advertising
is only inserted from one to three times
and not more than 8 per cent of it i:
| Published above five times.
The Republican, as might be expected
comes in with a jobbeH,s trick. 1t bids
so much per folio" of advertising. No.
body ever heard of advertising by the
folio, although job printing is sometimes
computed by tine folio, which means a
manuscript page of fools cap. Now
Cadet Taylor knew better HIS bid il
June was not by the folio, but by the
square. His design will come to the sur
face later.
On the face of the bids the BEE is OF
an average more than 30 per cent. below
any other bidder But McShane proposes
to keep right on under the resolution
which gives him 40 per cent. more thar
the BEES bid of Tuesday.
We know well enough that Hascall i
capable of facing out any piece of rascal
ity, and Bechel is no slouch in playin.
lieutenant to him; but how McShane cal
afford to face the community and ask tina
his paper shall be allowed three price
out of the public treasury, passes GU
comprehension.
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AFTER pocketlng $i32 for publishin!
proclamatlons which were officially pub